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	Dr. Ilyssa Hershey BellaOnline's Mental Health Editor

Book Review of From the Ashes Flies the Phoenix : Creating a Powerful Life After a Suicide
Read here about this book by Gretta Krane, a journey many will relate to after experiencing the loss of a friend, co-worker, family member, classmate or loved one.

Dr. Kaplan and Bipolar Disorder Book Review
In Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder, Dr. Kaplan is very thorough with his evidence of studies as he presents his argument against childhood bipolar disorder.

Hopping Roller Coasters Book Review
Hopping Roller Coasters by Rachel Pappas is the story of her tumultuous journey raising a daughter diagnosed with bipolar disorder while she herself struggles with the same disorder.

Live Life Aggressively – Book Review
Mike Mahler describes how he loves to teach and help people. So many self-help books are overly positive, and it is impossible to be positive all the time. The book describes how to use your own negativity to get your life in gear before it too late.

Moving Beyond Depression-Book Review
Moving Beyond Depression: A Whole Person Approach to Healing is a thorough, comprehensive book dedicated to helping the individual. This is not a cookie-cutter, classifying approach; Jantz believes that depression is individually experienced and must be treated as such.

No Comfort Zone - Book Review
You can make no short-term plans; you can make no long-term plans. In fact, you can’t plan at all, because it is all you can do just to deal with the minute-to-minute, unpleasant surprises of your life.

The Comfort Garden - Book Review
This book should be read by anyone thinking about going into the mental health profession, and it would be therapeutic for those already in it. It really describes the day-to-day struggles and triumphs in the helping professions.